MAGGOT

THERAPHY
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 “ HISTORY ”
Era 16 – Ambroise Pare (Surgeon Prince Charles IX)
Era 18 – Baron Dominique Jean Larrey (Surgeon Napoleon)
1920 – 1930s Orthopedic surgeon William Baer
Maggot Therapy that uses larva from
green bottle fly (Lucillia sericata). They
eat only necrotic, or dead tissue
Larva (maggot) Green botle fly
BENEFIT THE TERAPHY

Debridement

Growth
Disinfection
Promoting
of wounds
Activity
DEFICIENCY OF THERAPY

Not suitable for all type of injuries

Esthetic

Uncomfortable to patient and health worker

FACT
One of the first randomised controlles trials conducted considered 12
patien with venous leg ulcer. After 1 month, the six wounds in MDT group
had debrided faster (2-3 days) than the control arm (more than1 month).
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